Fish Anatomy Photos

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Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37049  
Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03325  
King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Holacanthus passer
King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27470  
Juvenile garibaldi in motion, Hypsypops rubicundus, Catalina Island
Juvenile garibaldi in motion.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 02343  
Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) with mouth wide open for slurping zooplankton, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) with mouth wide open for slurping zooplankton, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03319  
Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Bodianus diplotaenia, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head.
Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09606  
Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37050  
Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37051  
Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis
Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish.
Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis
Image ID: 11817  
Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus
Harlequin tuskfish.
Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus
Image ID: 12885  
King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
King angelfish.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Image ID: 12889  
King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
King angelfish.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Image ID: 12891  
Juvenile Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis
Juvenile Clarion angelfish.
Species: Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis
Image ID: 12901  
Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus
Freckled porcupinefish.
Species: Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus
Image ID: 12909  
Purple-striped jelly, Chrysaora colorata
Purple-striped jelly.
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Image ID: 14061  
Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea nettles.
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Image ID: 14081  
Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea nettles.
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Image ID: 14083  
Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea nettles.
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Image ID: 14084  
Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea nettles.
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Image ID: 14087  
Purple-striped jelly, Chrysaora colorata
Purple-striped jelly.
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Image ID: 14923  
Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea nettles.
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Image ID: 14928  
A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it, Citharichthys
A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it.
Species: Sanddabs, Citharichthys
Image ID: 14936  
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater.  The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep.  Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23421  
Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata, San Diego, California
Purple-striped jellyfish.
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01034  
Ocean sunfish, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03322  
Coral hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus, Wolf Island
Coral hawkfish.
Species: Coral hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02432  
Jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata, San Diego, California
Jellyfish.
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02489  
Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02513  
Garibaldi with a tiny bit of juvenile blue coloration, Hypsypops rubicundus
Garibaldi with a tiny bit of juvenile blue coloration.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: California
Image ID: 02514  
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